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<TITLE>: Information on Writing a HOWTO</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s2">2.</A> <A HREF="Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html#toc2">Information on Writing a HOWTO</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1</A> <A HREF="Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html#toc2.1">Copyright</A>
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<P> All HOWTOs and other LDP documents are copyright by the authors so
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the LDP doesn't have any special rights to your writing. We only accept
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documents that have a license which permits anyone to copy and
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distribute the document. We encourage authors to also allow
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modification in their license. This way, if the author stops
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maintaining a document, someone else can do so. For more details see
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our Manifesto.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2</A> <A HREF="Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html#toc2.2">Choosing a topic</A>
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<P> If you are not sure what to write about, take look at some of
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LDP's documents including the ones in
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<A HREF="http://www.tldp.org/authors/unmaint.html">Unmaintained HOWTOs</A>. Pick a topic you're interested in that needs good
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documentation. If you find something already written and maintained
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that needs improvement, try to contact the author, first and make
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suggestions. If you can't reach the author, look at the license and
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see if you're allowed to modify the document. But even in the cases
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where you are not allowed to make modifications and improvements, you
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can just write a new document on the same topic from scratch, using a
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new outline new sources of information.</P>
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